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Sony Defends Blu-ray

Analyst's crystal ball smashed by Sony representative, claims that Blu-ray will "always be part of PS3"

Back in February Janco Partners?’ ?analyst Mike Hickey made the rather wild assertion that Sony was planning to drop the Blu-ray drive from the PS3 in order to provide a cheaper model.?

As much as a logistical nightmare such a move would provide,? ?in the wake of Blu-ray winning the format war,? ?Sony declined to comment on market speculation.?

Now, however, ?Sony’s marketing manager Kim Nguyen? ?has broken the firm’s silence and confirmed that the idea is absurd.? Speaking to Business Insider,? ?Nguyen said that removing Blu-ray? “?would pretty much destroy the PS3?'?s backbone,? ?our games were built on Blu-ray.?”?

“Blu-ray will always be part of PS3,?"? he concluded.